Mark Hutton, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension vegetable specialist, was interviewed by the Mid-Coast’s Village Soup newspaper group for a Thursday story about potential crop damage from Hurricane Irene, due to hit Maine Sunday or Monday. Hutton advises growers to harvest any crops that are ripe or near ripe, with the exception of melons, […]
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Monday morning update UMaine experienced no significant damage as the result of Tropical Storm Irene. Classes are in session on Monday, Aug. 29 as the fall semester gets underway. Commuters are encouraged to exercise caution as power outages and road closures are affecting parts of the greater Orono/Bangor area. Expanded move-in availability for upper-class students […]
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It is widely held that coral bleaching occurs when temperatures and solar radiation are high, overwhelming antioxidant defenses in the algal endosymbionts and their coral hosts. Little understood are the biological mechanisms underlying such destabilization under stressful conditions. An international research team led by marine biologist Malcolm Shick and chemical oceanographer Mark Wells of the […]
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Prof. Mark Brewer of the UMaine political science faculty was interviewed for a Bangor Daily News story about the potential political implications of Portland having an elected mayor. Residents of Maine’s largest city will vote in November to elect a person to that post. Brewer says the new mayor will have a significant voice in […]
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WABI television broadcast a Wednesday story about the open house at UMaine’s Aquaculture Research Institute. The story, which reported than more than 100 people turned out for the event, included comments from UMaine professors Ian Bricknell and Timothy Bowden. A similar story aired on WZON radio Thursday morning.
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Comments from Lauri Sidelko, UMaine’s director of Drug and Alcohol Education Programs, were included in a Wednesday Bangor Daily News editorial about binge drinking among college students. Sidelko described some of the tactics she and her colleagues use to educate UMaine students about the dangers of excessive alcohol use.
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Nearly 2,000 new first-year students, members of the Class of 2015, will arrive at the University of Maine on Friday, Aug. 26. to begin Fall Welcome Weekend, a series of events designed to acclimate them to campus life and prepare them for the start of classes on Monday, Aug. 29. Fall Welcome Weekend begins with […]
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Wednesday’s Bangor Daily News includes a front-page story about Maine’s increasing problems with ticks. Jim Dill, a pest management specialist in UMaine Cooperative Extension, is one of several experts interviewed for the story.
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WLBZ/WCSH and WABI interviewed Alice Kelley of the UMaine Dept. of Earth Sciences faculty for Tuesday stories about the earthquake that rattled the east coast. UMaine’s siesmometer recorded the activity just minutes after the earthquake occurred in Virginia, and those data were shared with scientists at a Boston College center that provides further analysis of […]
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Ellen Mallory, a UMaine Cooperative Extension sustainable agriculture specialist, is quoted in an Associated Press story about the resurgence of wheat farming in New England. Consumer interest in locally produced foods is a key factor in renewed interest in wheat crops. Until the 1800s, most of the nation’s wheat was grown in New England.
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